OK I've already put a bit of thought into this badboy. To me, this is a great price for a rig of this power, and I thought I would be spending a bit more, so I'm quite happy. I can see all the ATI fanboi's jumping on this rig for the videocard, and for the most part, they are probably right. Except that I can see myself playing AoC and the 4870 donkies in AoC. It seems like the GTX260 provides more consistently good performance across games. I think it was GRID that the 4870 also couldn't handle, and I am interested in playing this game as well.
Pool on that the fact that the 4870 runs very hot and I'm considering dual video cards eventually, and the GTX260 overclocks very well although I think the 4870 will overclock well too, but it's too freaking hot to make it too far. And the fact that I'm a nVidia fanboi and that leaves me at the GTX260.
Anyways, here is the system!
CPU - Intel Core 2 E8400 - $190
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
GPU - eVGA GTX260 - $400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370
Motherboard - eVGA 750i SLI FTW - $190
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188026&Tpk=eVGA+750i+SLI
Memory - CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Retail - $109 -- ALREADY PURCHASED!
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820145194
PSU - PC Power & Cooling S75QB EPS12V 750W Power Supply - $120
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3247717&sku=P227-1001
Case - Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003SWA Silver ATX Full Tower Computer Case w/ 25CM Fan Retail - $200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133020
Monitor - BenQ FP241W - $554 -- ALREADY PURCHASED!
http://www.ncixus.com/products/19235/FP241W/BENQ/
Total including monitor (not including any HDDs):
$1,763
What do you guys think? I think I can rationalize everything on this list. Will most likely buy this weekend.
Are there any glaring problems?
Pool on that the fact that the 4870 runs very hot and I'm considering dual video cards eventually, and the GTX260 overclocks very well although I think the 4870 will overclock well too, but it's too freaking hot to make it too far. And the fact that I'm a nVidia fanboi and that leaves me at the GTX260.
Anyways, here is the system!
CPU - Intel Core 2 E8400 - $190
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
GPU - eVGA GTX260 - $400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370
Motherboard - eVGA 750i SLI FTW - $190
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188026&Tpk=eVGA+750i+SLI
Memory - CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Retail - $109 -- ALREADY PURCHASED!
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820145194
PSU - PC Power & Cooling S75QB EPS12V 750W Power Supply - $120
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3247717&sku=P227-1001
Case - Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003SWA Silver ATX Full Tower Computer Case w/ 25CM Fan Retail - $200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133020
Monitor - BenQ FP241W - $554 -- ALREADY PURCHASED!
http://www.ncixus.com/products/19235/FP241W/BENQ/
Total including monitor (not including any HDDs):
$1,763
What do you guys think? I think I can rationalize everything on this list. Will most likely buy this weekend.
Are there any glaring problems?